Whilst the team were busy assisting the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) in Etherow Country Park with an injured walker, see callout 14, we were contacted to assist East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) with another injured walker. This time it was close to our base in the village of Hayfield. Upon arriving at Kinder Reservoir...
KINDER MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM
Saving lives in wild and remote places
To request Mountain Rescue: Dial 999, ask for the Police, then Mountain Rescue
KINDER MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM
Saving lives in wild and remote places
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Kinder Mountain Rescue Team (KMRT), is one of seven mountain rescue teams that operate within the Peak District National Park, as part of the Peak District Mountain Rescue Organisation (PDMRO).
Our 50 members operate on an purely voluntary basis and are on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to assist members of the public on the hill or in urban search and rescue situations.
We are almost exclusively funded by public donations, and all proceeds from fund raising go towards equipment and resources used on our call outs.
We were contacted by North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) to assist with the rescue of an injured walker in the woods at Etherow Country Park. We were able to treat the injured lady and evacuate her by mountain rescue stretcher down to the NWAS road ambulance about 1/2 mile away. Whilst this was ongoing we...
We were contacted by Glossop Mountain Rescue Team to assist them with a search at Etherow Country Park. Type: Search Time: 18:41 Location: Etherow Country Park Team members: 28 plus Glossop MRT Duration: 3.25 hours Volunteer hours: 91 Total volunteer hours for the year: 577.5 Neil Woodhead, Team Leader
We were contacted at 18:50 to assist a lady and her son in difficulty on Kinder Scout. Their location was obtained using a phone app and a hill party despatched to locate them and escort them to Edale Cross, from where they were brought back down to Hayfield. Type: Mountain incident Time: 18:50 Location: Crowden...
We were contacted by North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) at 15:20 with an injured horse rider in Brabyns Park, Marple. They thought access may be difficult and would require our assistance. A Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) was also despatched by NWAS. Once on scene NWAS requested some limited assistance from us and so a...
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